The Revolutionary Socialists of the Left
hypocritically declared themselves partizans of an early opening
of the Constituante. But behold, the Council of the so-called
"Commissaries of the People" fixed the opening for the 5th of
January. _At the same time they called for the 8th of January a
Congress of the Soviets of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates,
thus hoping to be able to trick and to cover with the name of this
Congress their criminal acts_. The object of this postponement is
clear; they did not even hide it and threatened to dissolve the
Constituent Assembly in case that it did not submit to the
Bolshevik Congress of Soviets. The same threat was repeated by
those who are called Socialist-Revolutionists of the Left.
The delegation of the Ukrainian Revolutionary Socialists abandoned
us also and submitted to the order for the convocation on January
5th, considering that the fight of the Bolshevik power against the
Constituent Assembly is an internal question, which interests only
Greater Russia.
Citizens! We shall be there, too, on January 5th, so that the
least particle of responsibility for the sabotage of the
Constituent Assembly may not fall upon us.
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